Cancer Prevention

by Colditz, Graham A., M.D.; Hunter, David J.

• ISBN13: 9780792366034
• ISBN10: 0792366034
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-11-01
• Publisher: Kluwer Academic Pub

Summary

This volume, the first in the new series Cancer Prevention - Cancer Causes, is derived from the 1st and 2nd Reports of the Harvard Center for Cancer Prevention published in Cancer Causes and Control, 1996; 7(Suppl 1) and 1997; 8(Suppl 2), respectively. In this volume we expand on materials to summarize the evidence on causes of cancer and to set forth a series of strategies to promote the prevention of cancer. Cancer Prevention - Cancer Causes is designed to provide a comprehensive overview of what we know about cancer risk in the United States (and other established market economies) and the preventive measures we can take to reduce the burden of cancer. In the first half of this volume, we review the causes of human cancer considering a wide range of potential sources of risk such as smoking, diet, sedentary lifestyle, occupational factors, viruses, and alcohol. We conclude that cancer is indeed preventable. Over 50 percent of cancers could be prevented if we could implement what we already know about the causes of cancer. In the second half of this volume, we summarize research on prevention programs, public education campaigns, and social policy measures for preventing cancer. Working in schools, health clinics, and workplaces as well as through the mass media and in the political arena, social scientists and health educators are designing innovative and effective health promotion programs to help people quit smoking, eat more healthily, and exercise more.

Table of Contents

Contributors	ix
Acknowledgements	xi
Preface	xiii
PART 1 -- CAUSES OF HUMAN CANCER	1	(172)
Smoking	3	(14)
Beverly Rockhill
Graham A. Colditz
Dietary Factors	17	(8)
David J. Hunter
Walter C. Willett
Obesity	25	(12)
Alison E. Field
Joaquin Barnoya
Physical Activity	37	(12)
Howard D. Sesso
I-Min Lee
Occupation	49	(8)
David C. Christiani
Richarod R. Monson
Genetic Susceptibility	57	(6)
Frederick P. Li
David J. Hunter
Infectious Agents	63	(12)
Nancy Mueller
Reproductive Factors and Cancer Risk	75	(12)
Stacey A. Missmer
Susan E. Hankinson
Socioeconomic Status	87	(14)
Ichiro Kawachi
Kimberly Lochner
Environmental Pollution	101	(10)
Lucas M. Neas
Ultraviolet Light	111	(12)
Lydia M. E. Jones
Martin A. Weinstock
Radiation	123	(14)
John D. Boice, Jr.
John B. Little
Prescription Drugs	137	(8)
Alexander M. Walker
Electric and Magnetic Fields	145	(16)
Francine Laden
Summary -- Causes of Cancer	161	(12)
Walter C. Willett
David Hunter
Graham A. Colditz
PART 2 -- PREVENTION OF HUMAN CANCER	173	(164)
Prevention of Tobacco Use	175	(18)
Nancy A. Rigotti
Cessation from Tobacco Use	193	(12)
Jennifer B. Mcclure
Susan J. Curry
David W. Wetter
Dietary Change Strategies	205	(14)
Karen Glanz
Physical Activity and Cancer Prevention	219	(16)
Beverly Rockhill
Graham A. Colditz
Sexual Behavior and Cancer Prevention	235	(18)
Charles S. Morrison
Pamela J. Schwingl
Kavita Nanda
Willard Cates, Jr.
Reducing Alcohol Intake	253	(12)
William DeJong
Laura Gomberg
Maximizing Cancer Risk Reduction Efforts: Addressing Multiple Risk factors Simultaneously	265	(16)
Karen M. Emmons
Elyse Park
Prevention of Work-Related Cancers	281	(20)
Anthony D. LaMontagne
David C. Christiani
Socioeconomic Status	301	(12)
Ichiro Kawachi
Kimberly Lochner
Population-Level Change in Risk Factors for Cancer	313	(12)
Graham A. Colditz
Lindsay Frazier
Glorian Sorensen
Summary -- Prevention of Cancer	325	(12)
Graham A. Colditz
Index	337